This May Be Trump’s Biggest Error in the Iran War

Success requires knowing what motivates your enemy.

theatlantic.com

The American People Need the Truth About the Iran War

The president and the Pentagon are not being up front about what has happened in more than 20 weeks of hostilities.

theatlantic.com

I worked with Trump. I know why he is being so easily goaded into a forever war

Miles Taylor watched flattery and insults move the US President. With help from Russia and China, Iran has learned the same lessons

inews.co.uk

Trump Has Only Terrible Choices With Iran

Some involve accepting Iranian control of the Strait of Hormuz. The rest call for escalation.

theatlantic.com

AP Exclusive: ICE officer in Maine shooting has history of violent behavior, family and records say

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot a Colombian man in Maine this week is an Army veteran who has struggled with serious mental health issues since early childhood, according to c...

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Iran, Not Trump, Is in Control of This War

The cease-fire was always just a Trump fantasy.

theatlantic.com

The End of Reading Is Here

Optimists once believed that universal literacy was inevitable. Now it seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history.

theatlantic.com

War Has Become Pointless

Military conflict has always existed. It’s just stopped making sense.

foreignpolicy.com

Juan Soto’s Hot Streaks Are Delightful

When Soto is seeing the strike zone well, the numbers almost don’t make sense.

blogs.fangraphs.com

America’s Impending Population Collapse

This year, for the first time in nearly a century, more foreign-born people will likely leave the United States than will enter.

theatlantic.com

American cesspool

Green algae, blue shards, and a red-faced megalomaniac.

open.substack.com

Opinion | Trump’s Iran Debacle Could Be a Gift for America

nytimes.com

America’s Big Mistake in Iran

Aerial bombing alone can’t win a war.

theatlantic.com

Iran Has Humiliated Trump

Officials in Tehran got the United States to sign a document that even Americans described as degrading, mortifying, a total capitulation.

theatlantic.com

The Art of the Yield

Trump says the quiet part out loud: He had to choose between surrender and economic disaster.

open.substack.com

Trump Warns Iran To Accept His Ultimatum Or Face Wrath Of Next Ultimatum

WASHINGTON—Threatening to continue issuing threats if the Islamic Republic did not quickly agree to his demands, President Donald Trump warned Iran on Monday to accept his ultimatum or face the wrath ...

theonion.com

The Betrayal of Black Patriots

They devoted their lives to serving the United States. Now the nation’s top military leader is sending the message that they’re not welcome.

theatlantic.com

The Iran War and the Future of American Empire

The choice is between controlled retrenchment now and forced retrenchment later.

theamericanconservative.com

How America Gave Up on Its Own History

Unable to agree on how to interpret the American story, the country’s schools, universities, and political institutions have stopped trying to tell it at all.

theatlantic.com